1895 - 1997

1997

• Launch of the wheel inspection system MU231
• Launch of the universal X-ray system MU2000

1993

• First ISO 9001 certification
• Foundation of Philips Industrial X-Ray as an independent limited-liability company within the Philips corporate group

1991

• German Industry Innovation Prize

1990

• Development of the first 450 kV X-ray tube 

1927

• Takeover of the firm C.H.F. Müller Röntgenwerke, better known as ‘Röntgenmüller’, by the Philips GmbH (DPG)

1926

• Foundation of Philips Germany in Berlin

1896

• Construction of the first X-ray tube in Hamburg by Carl Heinrich Florenz Müller

1895

• Discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen